Journal
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 149, Issue 3, Pages 614-622Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.05.038
Keywords
Cyclooxygenase; Colon Cancer Risk Factor; Immunity; GDF15
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA151993, P01 CA87969, K07 CA148894, UM1 CA186107, R01 CA118553, P01 CA087969, UM1 CA167552, R01 CA137178, K07 CA190673, P50 CA127003, R01 CA169141] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [K24 DK098311, K24 DK 098311] Funding Source: Medline
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) have high circulating levels of macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC1 or growth differentiation factor 15), a marker of inflammation that might be involved in carcinogenesis. We analyzed blood samples collected from individuals before they were diagnosed with CRC to determine whether levels of MIC1 were associated with mortality. METHODS: We collected data on survival of 618 participants diagnosed with CRC who provided prediagnosis blood specimens in 1990 (Nurses' Health Study) and 1994 (Health Professionals' Follow-up Study) and were followed through 2010. Levels of MIC1 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and then were categorized into quartiles based on the known distribution of MIC1 levels among previously matched individuals without CRC (controls) within each cohort. We then examined the association of MIC1 levels with overall and CRC-specific mortality using Cox proportional hazards models, with adjustments for mortality-associated risk factors and other plasma markers of inflammation. We also assessed the relationship between levels of MIC1 and levels of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 expression (PTGS2 or cyclooxygenase-2), measured in 245 tumor samples by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Compared with participants in the lowest quartile for plasma level of MIC1, the multivariate hazard ratio for CRC-specific death for participants in the highest quartile of MIC1 level was 2.40 (95% confidence interval: 1.33 - 4.34; P for linear trend = .009). The association of MIC1 with survival varied with level of PTGS2 expression in tumor samples (Pinteraction = .04). For individuals with PTGS2-positive tumors, the hazard ratio for CRC-specific death among those with high levels of MIC1 (equal to or greater than the median) was 2.13 (95% confidence interval: 0.99 - 4.58) compared with participants with low levels of MIC1 (below the median). In individuals with PTGS2-negative CRC, a high level of MIC1 was not associated with an increased risk of CRC-specific death (multivariate hazard ratio = 0.61; 95% confidence interval: 0.13 - 2.93). CONCLUSIONS: Based on an analysis of blood and colorectal tumor samples from 2 large studies, high plasma levels of MIC1 (growth differentiation factor 15) before diagnosis of CRC are associated with greater CRC-specific mortality, particularly in individuals with PTGS2-positive tumors.
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